Nagendra Jamatia, TNV peace accord initiator, passes away
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Nagendra Jamatia, TNV peace accord initiator, passes away

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Nagendra Jamatia, Tripura National Volunteers peace accord initiator passed away.

Facts:

  • Nagendra Jamatia, the veteran tribal leader brokered peace with insurgent outfit Tripura National Volunteers in 1988.
  • He was known for his effort to bring leader of Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura to the negotiating table with center.

About Tripura National Volunteers

  • The TNV was founded in 1978 with assistance from the Mizo National Front.
  • Tripura National Volunteers (also Tribal National Volunteers or Tripura National Volunteer Force) was a Tripuri nationalist militant group that launched an armed struggle in the early 1980s to separate Tripura from India.
  • TNV surrendered in 1988 and integrated themselves into a political party.
  • In 2000 TNV merged into the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura.
  • TNV was led by Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl.

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